Roemer 2012: Makes the Official Announcement

Written by Derek Thomas Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:48

Roemer is a socially conservative republican who grew up on the northern Scopena plantation, which is now known as Taylortown, Louisiana. Roemer regularly attends a Methodist church and met his wife who plays the piano at the chapel next door. He got his start in politics by winning a seat in the House of Representatives as a conservative democrat from 1981-1988. He was known in the House as a major supporter of Ronald Reagan's policies of cutting bureaucracy and spending. Because of this he was at constant odds with the Democratic Party.

Roemer is a socially conservative republican who grew up on the northern Scopena plantation, which is now known as Taylortown, Louisiana. Roemer regularly attends a Methodist church and met his wife who plays the piano at the chapel next door. He got his start in politics by winning a seat in the House of Representatives as a conservative democrat from 1981-1988. He was known in the House as a major supporter of Ronald Reagan's policies of cutting bureaucracy and spending. Because of this he was at constant odds with the Democratic Party.

Roemer left the House of Representatives in 1988 to run in the gubernatorial election for Louisiana state governor. On his campaign promise to "Slay the Dragon" Roemer ousted the sitting democratic governor, Edwin Edwards, in the democratic primary. He won by 5 points and Edwards resigned his post, giving reign to Roemer before he was even inaugurated in January of 1989. Edwards decided to run again as a democrat and announced his candidacy for the 1992 gubernatorial election, however by this time Roemer had switched parties. It was looking like another Edwards/Roemer election until Roemer was challenged in the republican primary by David Duke. Duke ended up winning the republican primary causing Roemer to lose his bid at reelection.

Roemer has recently officially announced his candidacy for the president of the United States in 2012. At a recent speech in Iowa he has highlighted his previous successes. He boasts his experience as a congressman and governor while working closely with Ronald Reagan. In Louisiana his administration balanced the budget, cut the unemployment percentage in half, and evaluated the performance of teachers increasing wages to those that were successful, put an end to government waste, and reduced toxic emissions by over 40 percent.

Campaign finance reform is Buddy's platform for the 2012 election. He is limiting all donations to only one-hundred dollars a pop from every donor and will not take funds from any major corporations or PACs. Buddy is sincere on this issue and understands how special interest money negatively affects America's goals. In 1992 he was majorly outspent by two candidates for the governor's seat in Louisiana. Both Edwin Edwards and David Duke had major funds from almost all the special interests within Louisiana and both later ended up serving prison time on various charges of corruption. Roemer believes that this sort of financing in campaigns has the ability to corrupt politicians who then serve their special interest groups rather than the American people.

Last week Buddy Roemer made his announcement that he does indeed plan on running in 2012 and he believes he can do this without the support of special interests. He believes that politicians in D.C. have lost their way because they have taken too much money from special interests. Roemer accused special side deals with campaign funding groups as a major factor in why we have such a large deficit and financial crisis. Currently, he is the only candidate who will not be taking funding from special groups and PACS.